How do I make something run away from a player when they get too close?

[Capoyoace (beebs)]

So, I’m trying to make a small fox run away from you when you touch an invisible part surrounding said fox. Unfortunately, I have not been successful in my attempts at making it work. None of the other topics I have viewed resolve my issue. Does anybody have any solutions? If so, I would appreciate it a lot.

[Capoyoace (beebs)]

The script that I’ve tried looks something like this:

local fox = script.Parent

local run = fox:FindFirstChild(“RUN”)
local hearing1
local hearing2
local hearing3 = fox:FindFirstChild(“Hearing3”)

local chance1
local chance2
local chance3

local debounce = false

hearing3.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
if player then
if debounce == false then
debounce = true
chance3 = math.random(2, 3)
print(tostring(chance3))
if chance3 == 2 then
fox.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 20
run.Value = true
fox.Humanoid:MoveTo(Vector3.new(player.Character.Humanoid.MoveDirection * -1))
wait(5)
debounce = false
run.Value = false
fox.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 10
else
wait(1)
debounce = false
end
end
end
end)

[Capoyoace (beebs)]

Please help! I am completely lost. That script above moves the fox to some random location on the map, regardless of what direction the player is facing.

[MayorGnarwhal (Gnarwhal)]

You can use the positions of the fox and the player to find a direction to move in, and use :Move() to set a direction to move in instead of a position to move towards.

local direction = (player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position - fox:GetPivot().Position)
fox.Humanoid:Move(direction)

[Capoyoace (beebs)]

Thank you! I modified the script and multiplied it by -1 in order to get it to run away from the player, but it still got rid of the issue.